JOB MILITANT To his unjufi: Accufer!i, whofe bad ,aufe . Harh left them grounded iQ too large apaufe, Whereat E.lihu, a young fiander-by Whofe modefi: ears, upon their long reply Did wait; hi& angry filence did awake, And (craving pardon for his youth) befpake : - 1 • Young Standers-by do ofrentimes fee mor·e ~ Than elder Gamdl:ers: Y'are too blame all four: 7.'ones caufe is bad, but with good proofs befriended, Tile orhfrs ju{l and goOd, but ill defend-ed : Though rea.fon makes the man, Heaven makes himwife i Wifdom in greatefi: ClerHs not always lie5 : Then let your Lilence give me leave to fpend My judgment, whilfi: your hee.tful ears attend. I have not heard, alone, but ftill expected , , To hear what more your fpleens 0,1igl1t have objech4 Againfi: your woful Friend> but I have found Your reafon's built but upon afandy ground. Flourifl1 no Flags ofConqudl: : llndcrftan~ That he's affliCted by the Almighty's hand·: He bath not fail'd to crofs your accufations; Yet I (though not with your foul exprobrations ) Will crofs him too. I'm full, and I mufi: fpeak, Or, like unvenred veffels, l muft break; And with my tong!le my heart will .be reliev'J, That fwells, with what my patience hath conceiv'd: Be none offended, for my lips !hall tread ' That ground ( withoht refpect) as truth fl1alllead ; God hates aflatt'rin?; Language ;' then how can1 Unliable to danger flatter any ? . t Now, Job, to thee I fpcak. 0 let my Errant : He welcop1c to thine ears, far truth's my warrant ,; .· They are no !lencler trifle5 chat I treat, €>f things digefl:ed with the facred he1r, But an infpired knowledg ; 'Tis llO rafh . ' I Difchargeof wrath, nor wits conceited lhi11 i Q4 · rn \ .
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